Sophie McKinna

Sophie McKinna
Personal information
Born (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994
Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put
Club Great Yarmouth
Coached by Geoff Capes (–2014)
Mike Winch (2015–)[2]

Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is an English athlete specialising in the shot put.[3] She won silver medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 European Junior Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 17.76 metres outdoors (Gold Coast 2018) and 17.42 metres indoors (Birmingham 2018).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 5th Shot put 15.14 m
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 2nd Shot put 14.90 m
Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 1st Shot put 14.75 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th Shot put 15.98 m
2013 European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) Castellón, Spain 2nd Shot put 16.09 m
European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 2nd Shot put 17.09 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th Shot put 16.59 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 9th Shot put 15.68 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5th Shot put 17.76 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th Shot put 17.69 m

References

  1. "Team England bio". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. "Power of 10 profile". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. Sophie McKinna at IAAF
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